JPH07100562B2 - Transfer device for paper sheets - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a sheet transfer device, and in particular, a temporary storage sheet accumulated on a shutter of a temporary storage chamber. TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a paper sheet transfer apparatus suitable for application to a paper sheet processing machine that accumulates and stores the paper sheets in the bottom of the storage chamber below the temporary storage chamber by opening the shutter.

(Prior Art) In a conventional paper sheet processing machine, for example, a banknote sorter, a banknote depositing / dispensing machine, etc., when a banknote to be processed is loaded into a banknote loading slot, it is fed from a pickup roller, a suction head, or the like. Each of them is picked up one by one by the feeding means, and after being discriminated by the bill discriminating section, it is temporarily held in the temporary holding chamber in a plural denomination collective state or a denomination classification state. If the amount of bills loaded by the machine operator at the end of the transfer of bills does not match the calculated amount of money for the machine, does the machine operator directly take out the temporarily held bills from the temporary holding room? ,
Depending on the type of machine, the return mechanism is operated by the operation of the return button by the machine operator to send out the temporarily stored banknotes in the temporarily stored chamber to the outside of the machine.

Further, there is a system in which the machine operator inputs the amount of money to be loaded when the banknotes are loaded, and when the amount of money matches or does not match the calculated amount of money, the return mechanism is activated by a mismatch signal.

On the other hand, if the “amount of banknotes that the machine operator thought of, or the amount of money that the machine operator preliminarily inputs” and the “calculated amount of the machine” match, the machine operator operates the approval button, or There is a method in which a shutter at the bottom of the temporary storage chamber is opened by a coincidence signal, and the temporary storage banknotes are dropped into a storage chamber below the temporary storage chamber and sequentially accumulated on the bottom of the storage chamber.

The above technique is an example of the case of a banknote handling machine such as a banknote sorting machine, but other paper sheet processing machines, such as machines handling securities and cards, have the same configuration.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, in the case of the storage chamber of the paper sheet handling machine, the height in the vertical direction could not be made too large. That is, if the height of the storage chamber is increased, if the storage amount of the already stored paper sheets is small, the fall distance of the paper sheets to be stored becomes large, and the stacking state collapses during the fall, and It will be stored in an unordered posture due to its standing posture and bending. Therefore, the set storage amount in the storage chamber (maximum storage amount in the vertically aligned stacking state)
Only a much smaller amount will be stored.

Further, in the case of a machine provided with a feeding means for feeding the stored paper sheets one by one in the lower part of the storage chamber, for example, in the case of a circulation type banknote depositing / dispensing machine, the vertically aligned and accumulated state of the stored paper sheets is guaranteed. It is necessary that the height of the storage chamber is small.

In order to solve these problems, it has been devised to provide a transport plate for temporarily holding paper sheets that moves between the lower position of the shutter in the temporary holding chamber and the upper surface of the stored paper sheets in the storage chamber. The transport plate is positioned at the lower position of the shutter to receive the temporarily reserved paper sheets on the upper surface thereof, and after being moved to the upper position of the stored paper sheets, the transport plate is retracted to the outside of the storage chamber to temporarily hold the paper sheets. It is possible to solve the above-mentioned problems by placing the papers on the storage paper sheets while keeping the aligned and stacked state of the papers.

However, when using the above-mentioned transport plate, a space must be provided on the side of the storage chamber so that the transport plate can retract outside the storage chamber, and the retracting height of the transport plate with respect to the storage chamber is the amount of stored paper sheets. The space for the evacuation is necessary over the entire side height of the storage room, as it will change depending on the type. Since the size of the carrying plate needs to be close to the width and length of the paper sheets, the width and length of the retreat space also correspond to the size of the carrying plate. Since it is necessary to provide a retreat space having the same size, implementation has become extremely difficult.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art, and an object thereof is to provide a paper sheet transfer device capable of solving the problems.

[Structure of Invention]

(Means for Solving Problems) In order to solve the problems of the above-described conventional technology, the present invention is to receive accumulated paper sheets and transfer them to another place, and from the receiving position of the paper sheets. A movable frame body that is movable to the transfer position, a plurality of paper sheet support strip feeding / discharging mechanisms arranged on the movable frame body, and a feeding strip mechanism for driving the feeding / discharging mechanism. The support strip feeding / unloading mechanism comprises a flat strip-shaped support strip made of elastic material that can be rolled up, and a support strip that is wound up and accommodated in a longitudinal direction of the cross section of the support strip. A casing having a feed-in / out guide port, and a winding shaft for fixing the base end of the support strip and winding the support strip by the driving means,
When supporting the stack of paper sheets, the support strips of the respective support strip feeding / removing mechanisms are simultaneously fed out and supported on the upper edge thereof, and after the transfer, the support strips are rolled up all together to transfer the stack of paper sheets. It is characterized by having done.

(Operation) With the above configuration, the paper sheet to be transferred is carried on the supporting strip group in the protruding state, and is lowered in this state to be on the paper sheet storage surface of the storage section or on the stored paper sheet. The paper sheets on the support strip are transferred to a predetermined position by moving the support strip to the above position and winding the support strip at the same time.

(Examples) The present invention will be described below with reference to the examples shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a bill storage unit of a circulation type bill depositing / dispensing machine as a bill processing machine.
The figure shows an overview of the depositing and dispensing machine.

An outline of the basic structure of the banknote circulation type depositing / dispensing machine shown in FIG. 2 will be described.
Loading section 2, bill identifying section 3, reject bill ejecting section 4,
The withdrawal section 5 and the like have a denomination-based bill temporary holding chamber 6, 6 ...
Are provided with a temporary holding section 7 and a banknote storing section 8, 8 ... By denomination.

The banknotes P loaded in the standing position in the loading section 3 provided on the upper surface of the one end of the machine body 1 are picked up one by one by the pick-up means 9 and sent to the discriminating section 3, and the discriminating section 3 makes denominations. , Banknotes, two-ply stack, authenticity, etc. are identified, and legitimate banknotes are taken into the temporary holding section 7 through the conveyance path 10, and back banknotes are reversed by the reversing mechanism 11 and taken into the temporary holding section 7. Further, unfit bills, double-folded bills, and the like are discharged to the reject bill ejection unit 4.

Each of the temporary holding chambers 6, 6 ... Of the temporary holding unit 7 is composed of shutters 12, 12 whose bottoms are slid in the width direction of the banknote P and opened and closed. Are provided with bill feeding mechanisms 13, 13 ,.

The storage units 8 and 8 are storage units for surplus banknotes (the rightmost one in FIG. 2).
.. are respectively provided at the bottoms of the banknotes except the above, and the banknotes P stored in the storage sections 8, 8 ... Are dispensed to the dispensing section 5 at the top of the machine body 1 through the transport path 15. It is designed to be thrown out as banknotes.

The transfer device 6 according to the present invention is arranged on a side surface portion of each of the storage portions 8, 8 ... Corresponding to the longitudinal direction of the bill. As shown in FIG. 1, the transfer device 16 is movable so as to be movable from a position for receiving banknotes, that is, a position directly below the shutters 12, 12 of the temporary storage chamber 6 to a banknote mounting position in the storage section 8. The frame 17, a plurality of support strip feeding / removing mechanisms 18, 18 arranged on the movable frame 17, and the feeding / removing mechanisms 18, 18 ...
And drive means 19 for driving.

The movable frame body 17 has a length over almost the entire width direction of the storage unit 8 (direction corresponding to the longitudinal direction of the banknote), and one end of the movable frame body 17 is vertically mounted on one side upper and lower portion of the storage unit 8. Pulley 2
It is fixed to a belt 22 wound between 0 and 21, and an intermediate portion is supported by a guide rod 23. When one pulley 21 is driven by a motor M _{1, the} belt 22 rotates to move a movable frame body. 17 is moved up and down.

As shown in FIG. 4, one of the support strip feeding / removing mechanism 18 is a support strip 24 made of a thin strip-shaped elastic material such as a spring plate, and the support strip 24 is wound in the longitudinal direction of the cross section. A short-cylindrical casing 26 having a guide opening 25 which is tangentially opened so that the support belt 24 can be taken in and out and can be taken out and put in.
And a winding shaft 27 to which the base end of the support strip 24 is fixed and which winds the support strip 24 by the driving means 19. In this embodiment, the support strip feeding / removing mechanism 18 is five. The case is shown. Further, in this embodiment, the guide openings 25, 25 ... Of the support strip feeding / removing mechanisms 18, 18 ... Are provided so as to be inclined with respect to the movable frame 17 at the same angle when viewed from the plane, and the respective support strips are provided. 24, 24 ... Extend into the storage portion 8 in an oblique direction when seen from a plane.

By projecting the banknotes in an oblique direction as seen from the plane as described above, even when the banknote has a fold, the fold is not parallel to the support strips 24, 24, and the folds fall between the support strips. However, it is possible to prevent the folds from hitting the support strips 24, 24 ... and causing lateral shift.

The movable frame body 17 in the illustrated embodiment is the movable frame body 17
Is moved down to absorb the reaction force received when the supporting belts 24, 24 ... Ground. The swing frame 17A fixed to the belt 22 and the supporting belt feeding / removing mechanism 18, 18 The movable frame 17B on which the ... Is mounted is configured as a separate body.
7B is vertically movable along the guide rod 23 while maintaining a horizontal posture, and the swing frame 17A is supported by the horizontal shaft 28 with respect to the movable frame 17B and is swingable in the vertical direction.

As shown in FIG. 3, one example of the drive means 19 is the winding shafts 27, 27 ... Of the support strip feeding / removing mechanisms 18, 18.
Are fixed to the pulleys 29, 29, respectively, and the belt 30 wound around the pulleys 29, 29 is wound around a pulley 31 on the movable frame 17B, and a gear coaxial with the pulley 31 is provided.
A gear 33 of a motor M ₂ (reversible motor) for feeding and feeding a support belt is meshed with 32, and a tension roller is provided on the outer surface of the belt 30 between the pulleys 29, 29 of the winding shafts 27, 27. Are provided so as to press the belt 30, and the belt 30 is sufficiently pressed onto the peripheral surfaces of the pulleys 29, 29. Therefore, the belt 30 is rotated by the rotational drive of the motor M ₂ via the gears 33, 32 and the pulley 31, whereby the winding shafts 27, 27 ... Are simultaneously rotated in the same direction.

On the upper surface of the pulley 31, a rotation amount detecting disc 35 is fixed to the pulley shaft, and a rotation amount detecting pulse detector S ₁ is provided so as to face the pulley 35, and the support belts 24, 24 ...
Is controlled, and the amount of rotation at the time of feeding is controlled.

One support strip feeding / removing mechanism 18 (on the right end in FIG. 3)
A detection hole 36 penetrating the side surface is provided in the guide port 25 of the casing 26 of the sensor S ₂ (photosensor in this embodiment) on the movable frame 17B with the detection hole 36 portion interposed therebetween.
Is provided, the passage of the leading end of the support belt 24 is detected when the support belt 24 is taken in, and the motor M ₂ of the drive means 19 is stopped.

In FIG. 1, S ₃ is a switch for detecting the upper limit of the movable frame 17 and S ₄ is a sensor for detecting the lower limit of the movable frame 17. This sensor is provided on the lower surface of the movable frame 17B and the swing frame 17A is Movable frame
It is activated when it is separated from 17B.

FIG. 6 shows a control system, which includes a command unit and each sensor S ₁
The control unit controls the drive stop of the motors M ₁ and M ₂ based on the commands from S ₄ to S ₄ .

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

When the bill P is loaded into the bill loading unit 2 and a feeding command is given, the feeding unit 9 feeds the bills one by one, and the denomination, the two-ply stack, and the like are discriminated while passing through the discriminating unit 3. .. or the reject bill ejecting section 4 based on the identification signal.

At the stage when the temporarily held banknotes are stored in the temporary holding chambers 6, 6 ..., the machine operator inputs the approval button operation or the deposit amount, and the coincidence signal between the amount and the calculated amount of the machine, Alternatively, the operator inputs the denomination and the number of coins, and a signal is input from the command unit to the controller in FIG. 6 based on the coincidence signal between the calculated number of machines and the input number, and as a result, the shutters 12 and 12 are turned on. Slide to both sides to open the bottom of the temporary storage room 6,6 ....

On the other hand, in the above operation step, the support belts 24, 24 ...
The shutters 12 and 1 are placed so that they protrude inside.
It is located directly below 2.

In this state, when the shutters 12 and 12 are opened as described above, the banknotes P accumulated on the shutters 12 and 12 fall over the support strips 24, 24, ... And stably support them.

The motor M ₁ is driven by this to rotate the belt 22 and move the movable frame body.
17 descends.

At the time of this descending, the lower surface of the support strips 24, 24 ... Contact the upper surface of the banknote P already stored, or the bottom of the storage section 8, 8 ... If there are no stored banknotes, the support strips 24, 24 ... Is stopped, whereby the movable frame 17B is also stopped. On the other hand, the motor M
Continues to rotate, the swing frame 17A also tries to descend, but since the horizontal shaft 28 is stopped, the swing frame 17A moves to the belt 2
In the state where 2 is flexed, it swings around the horizontal axis 28 (state shown by the solid line in FIG. 5), and this is detected by the sensor S ₄ and the motor M ₁ is stopped and the motor M ₂ is driven.

By driving this motor M ₂ , the gears 33, 35, the pulley 31,
Through the belt 30 and the pulleys 29, 29 ..., the winding shafts 27, 27 ...
24,24 ... is involved.

As a result, the banknotes P placed on the support belts 24, 24 ... Are squeezed and transferred onto the stored banknotes or the bottom.

When the sensor S ₂ detects one winding end of the support strip 24, the motor M ₂ is stopped and the support strips 24, 24 ... Are held in the wound state, while the motor M ₁ is activated. , Movable frame
17 rises again, the sensor S ₃ is stopped and the motor M ₁ when detecting rising limit its stopping the movable frame member 17 in position, the motor M ₂ is activated, the gear 33 and 35, pulley 31, belt 30,
The winding shafts 27, 27 ... Are simultaneously rotated through the pulleys 29, 29 ..., and the support strips 24, 24. The sensor S ₂ is cut off by the supporting strip 24 when the supporting strips 24, 24 ... Protrude into the storage portions 8, 8 ... And the pulse detector S ₁ starts counting pulses from the start of the cutoff. , The motor M ₂ is stopped when counting a predetermined amount. As a result, each of the support strips 24, 24 ... Is held in a stopped state at the projecting position in the standby state where the temporarily reserved banknotes can be supported, and stands by for the next receipt of banknotes.

Although the illustrated embodiment shows the case where the present invention is applied to the storage unit of the circulation type banknote depositing / dispensing machine, it is used for receiving other paper sheets including other than banknotes and transferring them to another, and transferring them there. Needless to say, the raising / lowering means of the movable frame body 17, the driving means 19 of the support strip feeding / unloading mechanisms 18, 18, ... Are not limited to the illustrated embodiment, and other appropriate configurations are also applicable. May be

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, the paper sheet transfer device according to the present invention receives the accumulated paper sheets and transfers them to another place, and is movable from the paper sheet receiving position to the transfer position. The movable frame body, a plurality of paper sheet support strip feeding / discharging mechanisms arranged on the movable frame body, and a drive means for driving the feeding / discharging mechanism to feed and retract the support belt body. The support band feeding / unwinding mechanism has a flat band-shaped support band made of elastic material that can be rolled up, and a guide port for feeding and unwinding the support band in which the support band is wound and stored in a longitudinal direction of a cross section. It comprises a casing and a winding shaft for fixing the base end of the support strip and winding the support strip by the driving means. It is paid out and supported on the upper edge of the support, and after the transfer, the support strips are put together. Since the stacked paper sheets are rolled up and transferred, it is possible to transfer them to other parts and place them without disturbing the stacking condition of the paper sheets, ensuring a large space on the side of the storage part. Even if it does not have to be a space for raising and lowering the movable frame, it is possible to make the entire machine extremely compact while accommodating and accumulating the sheets without disturbing the sheets even if the height of the storing section is large. There is an effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the internal structure of a banknote circulation deposit / withdrawal machine as an application example of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a main part of the present invention. Perspective view, 4th
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing one of the support strip feeding / removing mechanisms, FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a state at the time of transfer, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an example of a control system. 1 ... Airframe, 2 ... Loading section, 3 ... Identification section, 4 ... Rejected banknote dispensing section, 5 ... Withdrawal section, 6 ... Temporary holding room,
7 ... Temporary holding section, 8 ... Storage section, 9 ... Transfer means,
10,15 Transport path, 11 Inversion mechanism, 12 Shutter, 13 Feed mechanism, 14 Feed mechanism, 16 Transfer device, 17 Movable frame, 18 Support band Body feeding / unloading mechanism, 19 ... Driving means, 20,21,29,31 ... Pulley, 22,30
…… Belt, 24 …… Support strip, 25 …… Guide opening, 26 ……
Casing, 27 …… Roller, 34 …… Tension roller, 35
...... Rotation amount detection pulse detector, 36 …… Detection hole, S ₁ ……
Pulse detector for rotation amount detection, S ₂ , S ₃ ... Sensor, M ₁ , M ₂ ...
... Motor, P ... Banknotes as paper sheets.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A device for receiving stacked sheets and transferring and placing them on another place, in which a movable frame member is movable from a receiving position of the sheets to a transfer position, and the movable frame member is arranged on the movable frame member. A plurality of paper sheet support strip feeding / removing mechanisms and drive means for driving the feeding / removing mechanism to feed out / feed in the support strips. A flat strip-shaped support strip made of a flexible elastic material,
A casing having a guide opening for feeding and unwinding the support strip in the longitudinal direction of the cross section, and a winding shaft for fixing the base end of the support strip and winding the support strip by the driving means. When supporting the accumulated paper sheets, the supporting strips of the respective supporting strip feeding / uncoupling mechanisms are simultaneously fed out and supported on the upper edge thereof, and after the transfer, the supporting strips are rolled up all at once to collect the accumulated paper sheets. A transfer device for paper sheets, which is characterized in that it is transferred. 2. A movable frame body having the paper sheet support strip feeding / removing mechanism is arranged so as to be vertically movable along one side of the paper sheet storage chamber, and the support strip is wound in the storage chamber. It is formed so that it can be taken out freely, and after temporarily receiving the temporarily stored paper sheets on the support strip at the upper part of the storage chamber, it is transferred to the lower part of the storage chamber, and at the lower part of the storage chamber, the support strip is wound to remove the paper sheets. The paper sheet transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the transfer device is configured to transfer to a storage chamber.